CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Virginia State Police has been activated by Virginia State Police for a missing 74-year-old man at the request of the University of Virginia Police Department.
Wallace Newell Jr. has been missing from UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville since 8:30 a.m. April 28.
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He suffers from a cognitive impairment and his physical safety could be in danger, authorities said.
Newell is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs about 190 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a purple or possibly red short-sleeved T-shirt, khaki pants, possibly white sneakers and a blue or denim light jacket or long-sleeved shirt.
Police believe that he might be driving a white Oldsmobile Bravado with Ohio registration FKL7870.
Anyone with information about Newell's whereabouts is asked to call UVA police at 434-924-7166.